Improbotics

Improbotics is a tech-infused improvised theatre and comedy show and a live Turing test-based scientific experiment. An actual artificial intelligence-based chatbot is performing in the show and tries to pass as human as it sends lines to one of the improvisers via an earpiece. Co-created by robotics researchers Piotr Mirowski (UK/France/Poland) and Kory Mathewson (Canada) as well as by drama director Jenny Elfving (Sweden) and science communicator Ben Verhoeven (Belgium), our show combines ideas from research in artificial intelligence, human computer interaction and drama studies. Award-winning shows by Improbotics have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, RTÉ One, Globals News Canada and Bloomberg.